Tag Archives: climate change

Are we cooking yet?

Just another summary, the simpler the better, more at ClimateCouncil.org.au

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Natural gas not a bridge to low carbon economy, it’s a gang plank!

US EPA recently decreased its CH4 emission factors for fossil fuel extraction and processing by 25–30% (for 1990–2011), but we find  CH4 data from across North America instead indicate the need for a larger adjustment of the opposite sign. Also, it takes … Continue reading

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New Financial Tool Helps Investors Assess Risks Of Carbon Bubble

The Carbon Risk Evaluation Tool is available to over 300,000 high-end traders, allowing them to try different future scenarios — all with adjustable parameters — for how policies, at national and local level around the globe could effect stock of companies … Continue reading

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City-owned Texas utility already serves 40% renewable energy

We’ve heard of big banks with trigeneration power in the basement but what will it take before any local government takes ownership of generating electricity for the whole community? Also, In 2011, Boulder citizens voted to have their city take over the … Continue reading

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Broadbent defends clean energy fund

For locals, don’t panic, this isn’t Nationals Party Russell Broadbent, it’s Jillian from CEFC, defending the case that modest contributions from government authority provides confidence, enough to attract private investment in clean energy projects, now proven in Australia, many times … Continue reading

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Hyper EV motorcycle delivers off grid house power

Greg Hunt and lobbyists for coal power need to be careful what they wish for. Any more steep price rises and we’ll see stampede to off grid independence. No need to wait any longer for EV car prices to come … Continue reading

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Climate Breakdown

About IPCC Climate Summit – “Even when the scientists have agreed, the report must be tempered in another forge, as politicians question anything they find disagreeable: the new report received 1855 comments from 32 governments(1), and the arguments raged through … Continue reading

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Solar silicon wafers below 20c/watt

Short but couldn’t be simpler. >readmore> ClimateSpectator

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Australia reputation hits new low over t-shirt climate diplomacy

Australia’s reputation at the international climate change talks hit a new low on Wednesday after the G77 and China took offence at what they described as the hard-line tactics and “bad behaviour” of the Australian negotiators and walked out of … Continue reading

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Warsaw – Day 7: World ‘neglects climate impact on food’

Wrong kind of politicians – Professor Maslin said: “We’re already planning for 4°C world because that’s where we’re heading. I don’t know any scientists who don’t believe that. “If we had the kind of politicians we really need we could still … Continue reading

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